Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesPaul A. Bennett World Publishing Company, 1951 - 417 páginas A collection of forty articles, poems, and essays by practitioners of the art of bookmaking. A unique feature of this book is that its articles are set in twenty-two different typefaces; thus it serves as a student's specimen book, affording an interesting comparison of the "color" and body of various composition faces while at the same time supplementing the comments of the typographic experts. More than one hundred illustrations of printers' marks, decorative bookplates, specimen pages, etc., complement the text--From publisher description. |
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... standards of work- manship in the printing craft ; these standards are the results of experiment through nearly five hundred years . How far are these standards effective under your present - day conditions ? -Those standards , so far ...
... standards of work- manship in the printing craft ; these standards are the results of experiment through nearly five hundred years . How far are these standards effective under your present - day conditions ? -Those standards , so far ...
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... standards of workman- ship in everything again . But the case seems to me to be hopeless . I try to do printing up to a decent standard - and that is about all any of us can do . I don't believe you can hope to do much good through your ...
... standards of workman- ship in everything again . But the case seems to me to be hopeless . I try to do printing up to a decent standard - and that is about all any of us can do . I don't believe you can hope to do much good through your ...
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... standards were still respected , and proficiency , though overworked and misdirected , was recognized and not condemned . Today when I look about in the bookstore , and more especially on the newsstands , or open the pages of most of ...
... standards were still respected , and proficiency , though overworked and misdirected , was recognized and not condemned . Today when I look about in the bookstore , and more especially on the newsstands , or open the pages of most of ...
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OTTO F EGE The Story of the Alphabet | 3 |
LANCELOT HOGBEN Printing Paper and Playing Cards | 15 |
WROTH The First Work with | 65 |
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